CHAPTER 11

Nicole

Flashbacks when I was still locked up in that dark cell while sienna loomed over me and pressing that red button while I screamed in pain as electricity shocked me, ran through my head.

The pain was too much to bear anymore, that it woke me up all of a sudden causing my breathing to come out in a fast raspy speed.

"Whoa are you okay?" I looked up and saw Sofia entering the room with a few plastic bags in her hands while she rushed to my side.

"I'm fine. It was probably a nightmare I guess." A nightmare that is starting to ruin me every time I closed my eyes to sleep.

Sofia sat down next to me on the bed and study my face with concerned eyes.

"Are you hungry? I went out to get us some food so you should definitely eat. You've lost a lot of weight for the past three days you know." She said while reaching below to grab the plastic bags she brought with her.

"And that's another thing I get to worry about. My weight. My hourglass figure is all gone and now I'm left with this skinny ass body." I reasoned out while she giggled.

"But you still got some curves." She stated and I rolled my eyes while eyeing the Styrofoam containers she started lifting out from the plastic bags.

"Here. Chinese takeout for you." She handed over the container to me while shoving two chopsticks in my other hand.

"Thanks." I mumbled and then started opening it up and the delicious smell of chicken stir-fry filled my nose. I started eating immediately while moaning at the heavenly taste that filled my mouth.

"Whoa slow down there tiger." Sofia says with a small laugh.

"I haven't ate properly for days, so don't mock me." She chuckled while digging into her food also.

"Is it true what that guy said? That he runs the most powerful mafia in whole of America?" I suddenly asked and Sofia glanced at me .

"Yeah its true, but not that powerful powerful, the Royal mafia is the most powerful of all, my brother just happened to own the one that has the government under his control and the cops and army under his command." She explained and I choked on my food.

"Brother?!" She slowly nods with a knowing smile on her face.

"Shane is my brother." She stated in a bored tone and I stared at her dumbfounded.

"Wait so you're telling me that, the mafia don who is the one who had me kidnapped and the one who made me suffer and the one who is in charge around here, is your brother?" I asked in shock and surprise, one more time.

"The one and only." She states in fake excitement.

"You're lucky I don't hate you right now. You're still my food provider after all." She laughed.

"Right. Cos I'm the only one who cares enough to feed you and the only one who's dumb enough to make friends with my brother's enemy's daughter?" I smirked at her.

"I wouldn't call myself dumb if I were you. I would actually call myself lucky and proud to be stuck with me for a while." She shook her head while smiling at me.

"You're something else aren't you?" I shrugged.

"Not something, but someone special darling. I'm not a thing yenno." She rolled her eyes at me.

"Whatever. So um, Shane wants me to keep an eye on you for now. For him, it means that I have to lock you up here again and never feed you anything until you starve to death to the point where you'll finally tell him where your father is." I rolled my eyes.

"Of course he meant it that way but I'm starting to feel that you have another meaning for those words." She points her chopstick at me.

"Of course I do. For me it simply means, to make friends with you and make you see the bright side of all this." I stared at her.

"How come you're the only one who doesn't give a care about what your brother says about me and the only one who's brave enough to help me get through this?" I asked her and watched as the small happy smile fades from her face while she shrugged casually.

"I may not know you, but I do know that you're a good person. Whatever Shane says about you is definitely not the Nicole I know right now. He thinks that you're like your father but he's wrong about you. Plus I don't give a fuck about what he says cos now I finally have a friend of my own."

I frowned." What makes you think we're going to be friends?" She gasped dramatically.

"How dare you? Is giving you food not enough to become your friend? You broke my heart Nicole parish! My innocent, little kind heart! You heartless bitch!" I burst out laughing after hearing her fake dramatic outburst.

"Okay okay, my bad. I'm sorry for taking your kindness for granted." I apologized between laughter while she playfully narrowed her eyes at me.

"And do admit that I'm the only friend you'll have here, while you're at it." She added.

"Now you're pushing it." I said while narrowing my eyes at her this time. She held up her hands in mock surrender.

"Its worth a shot. Now do it." I playfully rolled my eyes while sighing.

"Alright fine. You'll be the only friend I have since I'm stuck here anyway, might as well get someone to talk to which means being forced to befriend someone sweet and kind like you." She nods happily.

"The sweet and kind part lacks a bit of excitement in it-" I groan out loud.

"Oh shut it! At least I meant it." I did mean it. Sofia is not like any of them and I'm glad that she isn't. I may not know her that well, but I'm glad that she was risking her brothers wrath just to talk to me.

In that case, she and I will become great friends soon.